Mulengela Surname

606,498th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 511 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mulengela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mulengela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2661:199,02917,000
DR Congo2121:348,48930,654
Uganda231:1,697,36058,907
Zambia91:1,761,10232,119
England11:55,718,059489,080

Mulengela (31) may also be a first name.

Mulengela Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mulengela Come From? nationality or country of origin

Mulengela is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mulengela? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mulengela is the 606,498th most commonly held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 14,261,342 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mulengela are found; 57 percent are found in East Africa and 57 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Mulengela is also the 1,874,099th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, held by 31 people.

The surname is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 266 people, or 1 in 199,029. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Kagera Region, where 53 percent reside, Kigoma Region, where 45 percent reside and Geita Region, where 2 percent reside. Besides Tanzania this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 41 percent reside and Uganda, where 5 percent reside.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Mulengela
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